Archive for 'Sports'

By Chris Teale (Courtesy photo) Majik Blanco-Nethery began wrestling as a sophomore at T.C. Williams, a relative latecomer to a sport where athletes often begin in sixth grade or earlier. But as the only Titan to [...]

By Chris Teale (Courtesy photo) As freshmen, Jorge Calix and Eryk Williamson did not know each other very well. The pair attends T.C. Williams High School, but had not had much contact, except on the soccer [...]

By Chris Teale (Photo/Chris Teale) It is often said that a team learns more about itself in defeat than in victory, so Bishop Ireton’s 69-45 defeat at home to St. Mary’s Ryken in girls basketball certainly [...]

By Chris Teale (Photo/Chris Teale) On the left wing and defense, the senior captain of the St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes hockey team, William “Drew” Butler, dreams of attending either Brown University or the University of [...]

By Chris Teale (Courtesy photo) Generally, high school sports teams are coached by teachers at the school. Not so for the Bishop Ireton ice hockey team. Instead, their head coach is a tax lawyer, a Smithsonian [...]

By Chris Teale (Photo/Chris Teale) These are exciting times to be in and around the T.C. Williams boys basketball team. Having begun the year 1-4 under new head coach Bryan Hill, the Titans have been on [...]

By Chris Teale (Photo/Chris Teale) The road-weary St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes boys basketball team returned to the friendly confines of their home gym Monday night, having lost three straight games on their travels and desperate [...]

By Chris Teale (Photo/Chris Teale) With the Christmas break looming, the T.C. Williams girls and boys basketball teams made the short trip to Edison High School looking to avenge losses against the same opponents last year. [...]

By Jim McElhatton (Photo/Jim McElhatton) Back when Earl Lloyd played in the NBA, there were no multi-million dollar contracts to be had, so he returned to his hometown of Alexandria to work part-time in the offseason [...]

By Chris Teale (Courtesy photo) T.C. Williams has a strong pedigree of producing track and field stars, and have unearthed another gem in the form of Noah Lyles, a junior sprinter who has risen to national [...]